Yesterday was a dry day with one hour of strong sunshine in the morning but increasing cloud after midday obscured the sun. The warmest point was reached at 1pm with a maximum of 6.1C, just below the mean for January. The rain arrived just before 1am and has amounted to 3.3mm by 08.00, which brings the total for January to 29.8mm (average is 92.6mm). Winds have been light wth the strongest gust of 19mph yesterday but have dropped out this morning.
Half way through the month the rainfall total is 32% of the 32-year average. After the two very dry months of October and December the Rivers Kennet and Og running through Marlborough are understandably running low. We need much rainfall in the next couple of months to replenish the aquifers.
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